Flag

A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design that is used as a symbol, as a signaling device, or as decoration. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed, and flags have since evolved into a general tool for rudimentary signalling and identification, especially in environments where communication is similarly challenging (such as the maritime environment where semaphore is used). National flags are potent patriotic symbols with varied wide-ranging interpretations, often including strong military associations due to their original and ongoing military uses. Flags are also used in messaging, advertising, or for other decorative purposes. The study of flags is known as vexillology, from the Latin word vexillum, meaning flag or banner.

Due to the use of flags by military units, "flag" is also used as the name of some military units. A flag (Arabic: لواء) is equivalent to a brigade in Arab countries, and in Spain, a flag (Spanish: bandera) is a battalion-equivalent in the Spanish Legion.

The album has been commercially successful in Australia and New Zealand, peaking at number three and number one on the charts of those countries respectively. It has also appeared on various Billboard charts. The lead single, country-pop song "Something in the Water", has peaked at number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart.

Background

Fraser cited her move to Los Angeles as a major inspiration, saying "I was really frustrated and felt like I needed to get away and be somewhere where I could completely focus...and just to try and get a little bit of head space. It was the best decision we ever made". She called Flags "a graduation".

Writers of tracks on Flags include Fraser, her husband Scott Ligertwood, and Switchfoot's Jon Foreman. The album was produced by Fraser herself, which she called "one of the scariest things I've ever done".

Plot: This is the story of a British Naval ship, HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is the experienced Captain E.V. Kinross who trains his men not only to be loyal to him but to the country and most importantly, to themselves. They face challenges at sea and also at home. They lose some of their shipmates in action and some of their loved ones in the devastation that is the blitz. Throughout it all, the men of the Torrin serve valiantly and heroically.

Quotes:

[first lines]::Voice: [voiceover] This is the story of a ship... [long sequence of ship-building and launch]

[last lines]::Voice: [voiceover] Here ends the story of a ship, but there will always be other ships; we are an island race, through all our centuries the sea has ruled our destiny. There will always be other ships and men to sail in them. It is these men, in peace or war, to whom we owe so much. Above all victories, beyond all loss, in spite of changing values and a changing world they give to us, their countrymen, eternal and indominitable pride. [sequence of ships launching and at sea]::Capt. Edward V. Kinross: Open fire!::Voice: God bless our ships... and all who sail in them. [close-up of the Royal Navy ensign]

Flags: Very pretty sky, sir. Somebody sent me a calendar rather like that last Christmas.::Capt. Edward V. Kinross: Did it have a squadron of Dorniers in the upper right-hand corner?::Flags: No, sir.::Capt. Edward V. Kinross: That's where art parts company with reality.

Flags

Sell everything that you once owned,On the internet, and move out of home.Get an education or start paying rent.You soon forget what those songs meant.So here is your youth, packed into boxes.Which ideals were yours?Which were the fashionable choices?Here’s you opinionsand the lives you led.I remember the conversations.Every word we said.These shirts were monuments to the places we had been,They’re stacked like folded flags, reminders of who youused to be.We all drift from scene to scene,you forget the words, like you forget me.Move to the city,Get a good job.Maybe live somewhere pretty,maybe you’ll find god!So here’s your “new life”. the new things you own.Here’s your new friends,forget the ones back home.Look back on those yearsand the times we spentand remember the conversation.and the words we said.These shirts were monuments to the places we had been,They’re stacked like folded flags, reminders of who youused to be.And you said “aren’t we a generation, whose songs allhave been sung?”We’re still here and I can’t hear you over the ringingin my ears.“aren’t we a generation, whose songs all have beensung?”We’re still here and I can’t hear you over the ringingin my ears.Remember the past to keep my feet on the ground.Remember the songs and I still sing them loud.Remember the shows and all that we went through.I remember the past and I’ll remember you.And you said “aren’t we a generation, whose songs allhave been sung?”We’re still here and I can’t hear you over the ringingin my ears.“aren’t we a generation, whose songs all have beensung?”We’re still here and I can’t hear you over the ringing

Flag

A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design that is used as a symbol, as a signaling device, or as decoration. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed, and flags have since evolved into a general tool for rudimentary signalling and identification, especially in environments where communication is similarly challenging (such as the maritime environment where semaphore is used). National flags are potent patriotic symbols with varied wide-ranging interpretations, often including strong military associations due to their original and ongoing military uses. Flags are also used in messaging, advertising, or for other decorative purposes. The study of flags is known as vexillology, from the Latin word vexillum, meaning flag or banner.

Due to the use of flags by military units, "flag" is also used as the name of some military units. A flag (Arabic: لواء) is equivalent to a brigade in Arab countries, and in Spain, a flag (Spanish: bandera) is a battalion-equivalent in the Spanish Legion.

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